The corporate transformation of health care can the public interest still be served? / [electronic resource] :
John P. Geyman.
- New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c2004.
- xvi, 306 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Growth of investor-owned corporate health care -- Hospitals and nursing home chains -- Health maintenance organizations (HMOS) -- Health insurance industry -- Pharmaceutical industry -- Medically-related industries -- Impacts of corporate practices on the health care system -- Compromising the integrity of research -- Disinformation and media control -- Lobbying of government -- Co-opting the regulators -- Privatization vs. public utility model of health care -- Politics and options for health care reform -- An approach to reform.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Medical corporations--United States. Medical economics--United States. Multihospital systems--United States. Health maintenance organizations. Public health--United States.